Waste

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We live in a world of finite resources

It doesn’t really make sense to unnecessarily waste resources

But hasn’t it always been that way? Why is waste suddenly such a big issue?

Statistics showing the scale of the challenge, at a global and national level

Is change possible?

How is Reading doing?

Government/EU targets, and Reading’s performance

Local plans and policies

Future visions

The challenge of waste: reducing, reusing, recycling and redesigning

Towards a circular economy

Could Reading ever be a Zero Waste town?

Examples of other towns that have set themselves the challenge of reaching zero waste to landfill (often as a way of resisting proposals for construction of an incinerator in their community)